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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 10:39 pm
by Man in Space
kiija
[uʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
*j- > Ø- / _ [+syll] [+palatal]
fox
[jô:]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
Vowel contours develop on long vowels before pharyngeal codas, losing said codas on the process
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 4:10 pm
by Travis B.
kiija
[wuʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
u > wu / #_
fox
[jô:w]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
0 > w / V[+round +long]_
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 4:18 pm
by Lērisama
whoosh
[wuːʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
u → uː / _ palatal % and under stress
fox
[ʒô:v]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
j w → ʒ v
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 4:25 pm
by Travis B.
whoosh
[βuːʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
w > β
fox
[ʒô:f]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
Final devoicing
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 4:56 pm
by Man in Space
whoosh
[bβuːʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
Prestoppage of initial liquids
fox
[ʒô:h̪͆]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
*f > h̪͆
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 5:07 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
whoosh
[bβuːʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
bβ / bw / _V[+round]
fox
[ʒô:ʃ]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
h̪͆ / ʃ / _
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 5:19 pm
by Travis B.
whoosh
[bʷuwəʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
uː > uwə
fox
[ʒówàʃ]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
oː > owa with splitting of tone contours into level tones
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 8:00 pm
by Man in Space
whoosh
[bʷuwəx]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
*ʃ > x / wV_
fox
[ʒówàx]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’
*ʃ > x / wV_
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 8:12 pm
by Travis B.
whoosh
[bʷuwək]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
x > k
fox
[ʒówàk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'
x > k
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 9:10 pm
by Man in Space
whoosh
[gugək]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
P > K / _…K
fox
[ʒógàk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'
P > K / _…K
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 9:44 pm
by foxcatdog
googahk
[gu:gk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
Schwas lost with compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel
fox
[ʃók:àk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'
Voiced obstruents devoice, resulting in geminates when intervocalic.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 9:07 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
googahk
[guːkk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
devoicing of plosives in clusters.
fox
[ʂókkàk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'
postalveolars > retroflexes.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 10:45 am
by Travis B.
googahk
[gyːkk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
Chainshift of uː > yː, oː > uː, aː > oː
fox
[ʂókxàk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'
kk > kx
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 11:33 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
googahk
[gyːːk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
loss of word-final gemination with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel.
fox
[ʂo̝kxɑk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'
tone is lost and causes vowel shift.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 11:53 am
by Travis B.
googahk
[giːjuk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
Breaking of overlong vowels
fox
[ʂo̝qχɑk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'
Backing of velars before back vowels
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 12:25 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
googahk
[ˈɣiːjuk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
word-initial lenition.
fox
[ˈho̝qχɑk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'
word-initial lenition.
(I noticed yall were using the same change on both words for a bit, and the opportunity presented itself.)
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 12:41 pm
by Travis B.
googahk
[ɣiˈjuk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
Stress shift to final syllables, with reduction of initial syllables.
fox
[həˈqχɑk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'
Stress shift to final syllables, with reduction of initial syllables.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 12:46 pm
by þeprussianfrog
ghiijuk
[iˈjuk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
Dropping of word-initial fricatives.
hoqxak
[əˈqχɑk]
‘predecessors‘ in general (in ancestry, technology, evolution, etc.)
Dropping of word-initial fricatives.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 12:49 pm
by Travis B.
ghiijuk
[iˈjuʔk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
Preglottalization of final plosives.
hoqxak
[əˈqχɑʔk]
‘predecessors‘ in general (in ancestry, technology, evolution, etc.)
Preglottalization of final plosives.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 2:27 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
ghiijuk
[ɪˈjuʔk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’
reduction of pretonic vowels.
hoqxak
[ˈqχɑʔk]
‘predecessors‘ in general (in ancestry, technology, evolution, etc.)
reduction of pretonic vowels.